If you have an empty tank just lying around, rest easy - you don't have a full-blown case of MTS. If you did, the tank would be in use - even if it was just sitting on the floor with a bare-bones emersed setup in it. Not that I would know anything about that.
I have 4 tanks setup at the moment and one stock tank with goldfish. I have a 55 gallon and 40b empty and a 10 gallon emersed setup. I also have a a 3gallon that might end up being a saltwater pico. This is cutting back for me too. I am going to have to move soon since my parents are getting divorced.
so whats the consensus on MTS, 5 or more tanks? 10? How about already planning a new build when the one you've been working on for 3 months still doesn't have water in it? Is that MTS lol?
As I understand it, "MTS" stands for "Multi-Tank Syndrome," so, technically, anyone with more than one tank has MTS. The only thing left to determine is how bad of a case you have: mild (2-5 tanks), moderate (6-20 tanks), severe (20+), or bread-winning (you make enough money off your tanks to not only cover them, but also at least one of your monthly bills).
The limiting factors for my MTS are a lack of money and option overload- there are so many ways to set up my tanks, I can't decide what I want to do, so I keep changing my mind and never actually finish setting any of them up.
Still, I have a decent tank list: 55g- Emersed plants 25g- ~12 plant species, tons of trumpet snails and ramshorns 10g- Quarantine tank; several guppies 10g- Tons of guppies 10g- Tons of java moss, PFRs, and pink ramshorns 10g- Tons of guppy grass and guppies; various snails Large Kritter Keeper (3g)- Holding tank; some snails and plants 2.5g- Dwarf hairgrass, no fish 2.5g Minibow- Plastic plants, no fish
GASP You have a tiger salamander too~ Apparently we are the only living souls who have one salamander. (I hear that's another disease.)
I've reached a point where I have no more resources for tanks, so now I'm doing nanos. And container ponds. ...Which is guess is like, a nano pond. I have a subdisease which gives me pretty much the miniature form. DO YOU REALISE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I GET INTO DIRT BOWLS?!??! (Madness, it will be madness.)
It also makes me all pssssh, that's not a nano. The disease makes your mind magnify things. A 10 gallon isn't a nano, that's HUGE. HUGE I SAY.
Then with my ridiculous multi tank parvus syndrome (I guess you have MT vulgaris syndrome?) I keep having babies in ridiculously small spaces.Then the babies end up needing homes... oh the water changes.......
None of you have full blown MTS. Your more like wannabes. I've got 4 tanks in the house. A 35 gallon pond in the yard, a 29 on the porch and 25 more tanks ready to go as soon as I finish the 14 x 20 building full finished with a/c, internet, phone, water, all insulated and rocked.
Thanks guys, now I know where the road I have started down leads. Just started in the hobby in November and I now have two tanks so I guess I'm on pace to start about 6 new tanks per year lol.
At my peak (or rock bottom depending on who you talk to) I had 180, 3*125, 2*90, 5*75 stock tanks, 2*75, 6*55, 14*40br, 7*29, 18*20L, 5*10, and around 100 1 gallon glass pickle jars (for bettas), I would like to thank the breeder that went belly up that sold me half of those for my current house full of empty tanks LOL
haha good thread, reminds me of my sig I came up with awhile back
so whats the consensus on MTS, 5 or more tanks? 10? How about already planning a new build when the one you've been working on for 3 months still doesn't have water in it? Is that MTS lol?
I can't believe that this is what I have to look froward to. I bought 4 tanks during the latest PETCO sale and can't wait for the next sale. By significant other says that I'm going to need an intervention soon or else I'll be all alone with just my fish and shrimps.
I can't believe that this is what I have to look froward to. I bought 4 tanks during the latest PETCO sale and can't wait for the next sale. By significant other says that I'm going to need an intervention soon or else I'll be all alone with just my fish and shrimps.
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